The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Syrtqy ıster ministrı; Russian. Министр иностранных дел Республики Казахстан) is an official in the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, responsible for ensuring the implementation of foreign policy. He/She heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan can independently appoint and dismiss the minister without consulting the Parliament.
The current foreign minister of Kazakhstan is Ermek Köşerbaev.
Functions The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan operates relying on the Regulation on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 1118, dated October 28, 2004. The Minister is authorized to represent the Republic of Kazakhstan in relations with foreign states and international organizations within its competence, represents the Ministry in state bodies and other organizations. He also determines the duties and powers of deputies, appoints to positions and dismisses, promotes and imposes disciplinary penalties on the staff of the diplomatic service, determines the need for personnel of diplomatic service bodies, exercises other powers in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.Legal Status of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
History The position of the head of a foreign affairs office on Kazakh territory was first documented during the period of existence of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which was created in the initial period after the October Revolution of 1917.Formation and development of the foreign policy apparatus of the Republic of Kazakhstan This position was called the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Turkestan ASSR, whose activities were regulated by the Regulations on the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Turkestan Republic in the Russian Federation. The functional duties of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Turkestan ASSR included political relations with foreign governments, patronage in foreign lands to trade and the interests of the republic, an application for the lawful protection of the citizens of the republic abroad.International legal relations of the Turkestan ASSR The position of the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the modern sense appeared in February 1944 after the adoption of the USSR Law «On Submission of Powers to the Union Republics in the Field of Foreign Relations and on the Transformation of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs from the All-Union into Union-Republic People’s Commissariat».The USSR Law «On Submission of Powers to the Union Republics in the Field of Foreign Relations and on the Transformation of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs from the All-Union into Union-Republic People’s Commissariat» By then, all of the Union republics of the USSE gained the right to enter into direct relations with foreign states, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR performing all of the main foreign policy functions. Between 1944–1974, the office also concurrently served as the office of the Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR. The position of Kazakhstan's foreign minister in its current form was established in 1991 after the Kazakh SSR changed its name to the Republic of Kazakhstan and gained its independence from the Soviet Union.
List of ministers This is a list of the ministers of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan. Name Position Begin End Tölegen Täjıbaev People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs 1944 1946 Tölegen Täjıbaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1946 1953 Qaiyrğali Baiğaliev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1953 1955 Tölegen Täjıbaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1955 1958 Asqar Zakarin Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1958 1961 Öteşqali Atambaev Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1961 1963 Ädi Şärıpov Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1963 1966 Baljan Böltırıkova Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1966 1971 Mälık Fazylov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1973 1976 Müsılım Bazarbaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1976 1981 Mihail İsinaliev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1981 1989 Aqmaral Arystanbekova Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR 1989 December 1991 Töleutai Süleimenov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan December 1991 1994 Qanat Saudabaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1994 1994 Qasym-Jomart Toqaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1994 1999 Erlan Ydyrysov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1999 2002 Qasym-Jomart Toqaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan June 2003 January 2007 Marat Täjin Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan January 11, 2007 September 4, 2009 Qanat Saudabaev Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan September 4, 2009 April 11, 2011 Erjan Qazyhanov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan April 11, 2011 September 24, 2012 Erlan Ydyrysov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan September 28, 2012 December 28, 2016 Qairat Äbdırahmanov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan December 28, 2016 December 26, 2018 Beibıt Atamqūlov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan December 26, 2018 September 18, 2019Mukhtar Tleuberdi Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan September 18, 2019 March 29, 2023 Murat NurtleuMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of KazakhstanApril 3, 202326 September, 2025Ermek KöşerbaevMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan26 September, 2025Present
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